[WinMac] LPD Printing issue, macs involved

Cesar Morales(cesar[at]ucsd.edu)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:20:40 -0700

Hi all,

Is there any software or way of running LPD for printer access over
maiframe environment on a macintosh?

Basically, people at our office need to print some reports through a secure
mainframe environment and the 10bt networked printer must be served(?) with
LPD support, I suppose for authentication purposes.

The printer is accessible by anyone who has access to our network over
Appletalk, but also over TCP/IP, it has its own static IP address and is
correctly setup (it seems as we are able to ping, and trace it ok)

Printer documentation says it supports and implementation of UNIX LPD by
Berkeley systems.

Does this have anything to do with setting up a "host file" in the mac?

The following is a questionnaire I have to fill out to request setup by the
people in the department which decides who gets access to printers over the
meainframe. They assume this printer is served by either NT, Novell, or
UNIX. But it is not. I have filled out this questionaire to a certain
extent but, they still do not know how to make the setup happen.

Any suggestions?

Some info:

Relevant users use mac to access the mainframe, they can print "dump"
screens, but not for the special reports metioned.

There is an NT server which seems to provide the LPD capability in
question, is this our only? best choice? (that is, trying to serve the
printer using the NT printer server)

Thanks!

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#1- In order to establish remote printing access, you must currently
     be running Line Printer Daemon (LPD) software on your server, or have
     an intelligent card, such as HP Jetdirect, attached to your printer.
     Unix operating systems include the LPD capability; Novell servers will
     require an NLM (FLEX-IP or NFS), which may be purchased from TELECOM
     Please indicate below how your system or printer provides the LPD
     function:

We are planning to print directly to a printer that runs an
implementation of LPD.

 #2- Depending on the remote system, it may be necessary to perform
     security tasks on your department's computer. The security must allow
     the host 'hubble' to send print data to the remote system.
     If your system also secures printing at the userid level, then user
     'VPS' from the host 'hubble' must be allowed to send output
     to you. Has this been done, or do you need more information?:

This is a printer running LPD, we expect that there are no
security issues involved with hubble printing to it.

 #3- When you have the LPD capability described in item 1, please complete
     the following information and forward the questionnaire to me so we can
     schedule testing:

     Department name: Finances Department

     System Administrator: John Doe Telephone: 123-4567

     Host machine name and IP address:
finc239-101.ucsd.edu 128.234.239.101

     Host machine type and operating system (if applicable):
The printer is: GCC Technologies Elite 12/600

     Type of printer and printer language (PCL or Postscript):
Both PCL and Postscript

     Contact name for printer (if not same as Sys. Admin.):

     Name of printer queue (if not using intelligent printer card):

     Output source (please check only those needed):

     IFIS-CV31:[ x] IFIS-CV40:[x ] ISIS-CV33:[ x] ISIS-CV40:[ x]

     ISIS-CV35:[x ] DSE:[x] PPS-Prod:[x ] PPS-QA:[ x]

     PPS-DEV:[x ]

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